IBM® RISC System/6000TM: A Business Perspective - Softcover

Hoskins, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471532940 ISBN 13: 9780471532941

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1991

Synopsis

IBM have recently introduced a new family of UNIX-based workstations called IBM RISC System/6000 (RS/6000). The RS/6000 line offers computing and network capabilities to large and small businesses alike. This guide to the different models available intends to help users identify the model that will meet their business needs. The book describes the many options and peripherals available for the RISC System/6000, discusses key planning issues such as cost justification, leasing versus buying, education, support, maintenance and security, and provides RISC System/6000 communications configuration examples for commonly used networks.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Written by an IBM insider, IBM RISC System/6000, Fifth Edition is the businessperson′s complete guide to all important details of every model. Revised and updated, this Fifth Edition includes information on new releases of the RISC System/6000 hardware and software.

Provides detailed information on selecting and integrating the right RISC System/6000, and what it can do for your business

• Offers detailed coverage of the new systematic multiprocessors
• Covers Power PC architecture used in some RISC System/ 6000 models and developed jointly by IBM/Apple and Motorola
• Explains IBM′s Power and Power 2 architecture, which gives the RISC System/6000 its impressive performance
• Describes the many options and peripherals available for the RISC System/6000
• Discusses network configurations and purchase planning, training, maintenance, and security issues
• Covers over a dozen new RISC System/6000 models and new Xstations
• Covers the AIX operating system and many new extension products that support functions such as Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), continuous speech recognition, object–oriented programming, client/server computing, and many more
• Covers the new 9333/9334 disk drive models as well as new graphics adapters, RAIDiant disk drive arrays, printers, optical disk drives, and tape drives
• Supplies three examples of organizations that were outfitted with RISC System/6000 hardware and software to meet their needs in both commercial and technical environments

About the Author

JIM HOSKINS is the founder of Maximum Press and a former IBMer with ten years′ experience as an IBM design engineer, IBM manager, and IBM marketing representative. As part of the original development team for the IBM PS/2 family, Jim wrote IBM Personal Systems: A Business Perspective, which became a bestseller and has been translated into eleven foreign languages. Jim is also the author of IBM AS/400: A Business Perspective, now in its sixth edition, and IBM ES/9000: A Business Perspective, now in its second edition.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0471532940
• ISBN 13: 9780471532941
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 296